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Lie to Me has a gimmick that's irresistible. Fox's vague marketing for the show might've convinced you that it was either just another procedural or, worse, one of those supernatural crime-solver things, like Medium or Raines or Life on Mars. It's neither of those, although it does share territory with some other shows on the crowded TV-mystery map, especially Psych and The Mentalist. The protagonists of those series are both con men who use their con-men acumen to ferret out bad guys, through a vague takes-one-to-know-one logic. Lie to Me refines and improves that premise by laying a scientific foundation under it. Tim Roth plays the unsubtly-named Cal Lightman, a psychologist whose specializes in exposing deception. Lightman – who is based on a real person, Paul Ekman – has spent years studying vocal inflections and facial "microexpressions," correlating their myriad variations and combinations to specific, concealed emotions.
On paper that might sound abstruse. In practice it means that Lie to Me has a protagonist who can read plausibly minds. And because this mind-reading takes place not in a fantastic context but within a modern, realistic arena – Lightman's tony Washington, D.C. firm consults for law enforcement, big business, and government agencies – it puts an authentically new spin on a worn-out genre (or, because the Lightman Group's activities and clientele are highly varied, several of them). Roth is a mugging chimp who's often hard to take, but he's perfect as this showy truth-prober, who has to get people riled up so that he can "read" their reactions. Roth plays up his short-man's swagger and his Cockney accent, slouches ostentatiously to show his contempt or boredom toward dissemblers, points his finger and gets into his targets' faces during interrogations. Lightman is a brilliant, obstreperous genius with no time for social niceties and an entourage who follows him around stammering apologies and explanations; in this regard, Lie to Me resembles yet another show, House M.D. Both shows are, or were, on Fox, and it's safe to assume that Lie to Me was consciously shaped in the image of the hit medical drama. Except that, because sick people generally merit deference and courtesy, Dr. House's assholery can become unsympathetic. But since Lightman interacts mainly with liars, his lack of a filter is part of the show's puckish charm.
Lie to Me's brilliant conceit is that, even in situations where he might more plausibly whisper his findings in someone's ear, Lightman and his underlings – especially protegee Ria Torres (Monica Raymund), a former TSA screener with a natural shining for the trick that Lightman had to learn – pick off his subjects' lies line by line, right to their faces. "See that? That's a lie, roight there," Lightman drawls. The poor, outmatched chump tries again. "Nope, another lie!" Lightman informs him. The guy stammers something else. "Now you're telling the truth, but you're flashing shame." And so on, until the befuddled liar crumples like a wet paper bag.
The fun Roth is obviously having is contagious, because Lie to Me offers a kind of weekly wish fulfillment scenario, not unlike Veronica Mars (teenagers who talked like hyper-smart adults) or The West Wing (a Washington filled with noble-minded intellectuals instead of careerist dolts). Who wouldn't want to be able to navigate every conversation while knowing exactly what the other person was thinking? Lie to Me scores every time it comes up with a set piece that plays on this desire. In "Teacher and Pupils," for instance, Lightman sits in on a boardroom negotiation and saves his client a bundle by tapping his pen when he perceives that the opposing party has made his lowest offer. Ekman's work is apparently pseudoscience, but with his book to draw on, Lie to Me couches the idea in enough jargon and specificity to make it sound plausible. "Fear, then. See how your face flinched? Directly linked to the muscles in your sphincter." "Head down, eyes down, blocking the eyes with the hand – shame." "That kind of emphatic denial, with stress on every word, is a sign of condescending deception, Doctor." I have no idea whether any of that comes from Ekman's research, or if the writers are just making it up, but either way it forms a set of codes that invites belief. Don't we all fancy ourselves as more discerning judges of character than most? And wish that every falsehood could be dissected so reliably?
Initially, Lie to Me, which was created by Samuel Baum, seemed to have a dark heart. It introduced Cal Lightman as tormented – by murky Gulf War experiences, by a failed marriage, by an unconsummatable crush on his married business partner Jillian Foster (Kelli Williams), by guilt over what was eventually revealed as a horrible family tragedy. The early episodes varied in tone, but some were bracingly grim, especially "Blinded," which pits Lightman against a serial killer (a mesmerizing Daniel Sunjata) whose sociopathic lack of emotion makes him atypically difficult to read. But, just as I was about to declare Lie to Me my favorite guilty pleasure of late, something unfortunate happened: Fox dumped some of the original producers (with whom Roth had clashed) and brought in Shawn Ryan to oversee the tail end of the first season and all of the second.
Ironically, it was only this move that put Lie to Me on my radar at all. Ryan, of course, is the creator of the coruscating The Shield and the co-creator, with David Mamet, of the ambitious but turgid military drama The Unit. Someone of Ryan's caliber should be creating cable dramas, not dropping in as a showrunner-for-hire on some network star vehicle. Almost as much as Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas's ill-fated stint as a replacement showrunner for the ABC dud Big Shots, Ryan's arrival on Lie to Me struck me as a dramatic symbol of a moment of contraction in the possibilities for contemporary quality television.
I suspect now that some of the problems with The Unit, which I had been willing to lay at the feet of CBS or the now burned-out and neo-conned Mamet, may have been the fault of Ryan, or of the writers and producers (Sharon Lee Watson, Daniel Voll, Vahan Moosekian, et. al.) he brought with him from The Unit to Lie to Me. Several second season Lie to Me episodes could almost be unproduced scripts for The Unit, lightly reworked: "Secret Santa" and "React to Contact" are dull Afghanistan war stories which make only incidental use of Lightman's techniques, and the somewhat more compelling "Sweet Sixteen," with Angus MacFadyen as an IRA bomber out of Lightman's Pentagon-consulting past, is a War on Terror apologia. Those episodes may not revive the adolescent testosterone worship and and the tiresome hoo-ah jingoism of The Unit, exactly, but they certainly echo The Unit's frustrating insistence on appending pat outcomes to a scenarios that initially set out in defiance of cliche.
Most television critics praised the Shawn Ryan season as an improvement; I think they were seduced by the name. Sophomore-year Lie to Me devolved according to the infuriating and all too common pattern of a low-rated show that tosses out everything original about itself and turns familiar and nice in a forlorn effort to court more viewers. The dark shadings were reduced. Foster shed a deceitful husband (Tim Guinee); Lightman became less troubled scientific genius, more an action hero. He gained the company of new characters – an ex-wife (Jennifer Beals) and teenaged daughter (Hayley McFarland), bumped up from recurring status, and an FBI minder (Mekhi Phifer, the ex-ER doctor with the hatchet-fish profile and the one-note delivery) – whose presence maneuvered the stories into banal domestic and procedural territory. The writing grew borderline embarrassing. Out came the supersleuth template plots that were hoary back when Joe Mannix trotted through them. Detective stumbles into case while taking much-needed vacation? Check ("Control Factor"). Wanted man takes detective hostage, forces detective to prove his innocence? Check ("Honey"). Few shows have enjoyed so crystalline a shark-jumping moment as Lie to Me's, which took place, for the record, not as awkward-but-hunky Lightman Group tech guy Loker (Brendan Hines) began, in "Tractor Man," to lead a gaggle of schoolchildren in performing an earworm tune about the relative merits of white lies, but a moment later, when a beaming Dr. Foster peeked in and began mouthing along to the insipid refrain.
Lie to Me ran out of lies last year, after a shortened, Shawn Ryan-less third season. By the end, Roth had traded intensity for mannerism and self-satisfaction. Backed by a dreaded producer credit, Roth clowned his way through scenes like an actor who's decided that he's the only thing his show has to offer. In rare cases that kind of contempt might be justified, even aesthetically fruitful – think Mandy Patinkin in the putrid Criminal Minds – but the appeal of Lie to Me lay in the lies, not in the actor. I know that at least a few readers of this blog only enjoy modern television when it resembles the classics, and for them the retrograde second and third seasons of Lie to Me might prove palatable. But for anyone who wants new shows to actually be new, this one was a false positive.
Crime Time
October 3, 2011
Okay, loyal readers, it's time to fire up the television set . . . .
. . . . slam a fresh U-matic cassette into your VTR machine . . . .
. . . . and settle back into your most comfortable plastic-covered recliner.
Because, for no special reason other than that I finally carved out a couple of weeks for some binge-viewing and a lot of them were on top of the pile, much my output for the rest of this year will be focused on an array of crime dramas from the seventies.
(So if you don't like those, it's going to be a long, cold winter. Sorry!)
This excursion into retrograde crime-fighting will take the form of criticism, DVD reviews, interviews and other sidebars, goofy throwaways, and anything else I can come up with to provide a little variety.
Taken as a whole, the glut of police and private eye shows that cluttered the airwaves in the seventies aren't as good as many of the older dramas that I've often written about here. They challenge or transcend the limitations of genre less frequently than the best crime shows of the sixties or of this century. But many of them are a lot of fun and, more to the point, many of them are new to me. So I hope you'll join me on my bell-bottomed journey through through Watergate-era violence, mayhem, and skullduggery.
Stay, as they say, tuned.


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Okay… enough of my prattle. Here's the recipe. We're off to make Jambalaya for dinner… and I think I'm going to make some of these to accompany it as well. I just can't get enough of them.
OH WAIT! I forgot to tell you something else important. You can EASILY adjust the seasonings to make this as a pizza crust (or pizza flavored sandwich bread, etc), or whatever. We used dried chives and dill to make it perfectly delish for us/our purposes. What seasoning will you use?
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Makes 12 – 1 1/2 inch wide biscuits/rolls
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I liked Leonardo DiCaprio a lot more back before he took this hiatus from acting. These days all he seems to do is high-five Jonah Hill over the head of a topless woman as the three frolic in an astonishingly clear ocean and talk to dudes from Entourage about how much punani he's pulling.
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Poetry and books from small presses don't make the grade, either
No books by female authors appear on the list of the 10 best books of the year just posted by Publishers Weekly, the leading industry trade journal. I focus on reviews on One-Minute Book Reviews but have reacted to the shutout in tweets at www.twitter.com/janiceharayda that mention a couple of titles by women that PW might have included.
If you look at the trade journal's list, you may notice that apart from having no books by female authors, it has no poetry or books from small presses. And 70 percent of the titles come from Random House and its imprints (Knopf, Doubleday, Spiegel & Grau, Ballantine and Pantheon) with the rest coming from Norton and Penguin. Best-of-the-year lists are arbitrary and often inscrutable, so I won't try to dissect PW's here. But if I see noteworthy patterns emerging in these lists, I may comment on them in "Late Night With Jan Harayda," a series of occasional posts that appear after 10 p.m. Eastern Time and don't include reviews.


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Elite Rugby team ends league at home
The State of Jefferson Elite Rugby Club ended its second year with their final league game of the season on Saturday at Lower Greenhorn Park versus the Mendocino Steam Donkeys. While the squad lost five goals to three to end league without a win, the team has shown a lot of improvement this season said Judd Hanna, a player with the Elite team. "We're really making strives," he said. In the contest, Bryant Schauffler scored twice while Justin Griffith scored once for the Elite Squad. Considering the team is fairly new with all but two players having never played the sport before, Hanna expects the squad to continue to improve and be more competitive in league next season as they search for their first league victory. "We have a good core group of guys," Hanna said. He added many of the teams they face told them it usually takes three years to get things going with a sport as challenging as rugby. The Elite squad is set to begin play in a number of summer tournaments starting in June. This includes the team's home event, the Greg Smith Memorial, which is named after a late Elite player.


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Invisible Option Arrives For Battle.Net, This Mage Rejoices!
Back in May when Diablo came out, I wrote a post bemoaning the lack of an "Invisible" feature on Battle Net. Well, today I arrive with good news: They are going to be implementing an invisible feature for Battle.Net!
I've still seen a certain amount of naysaying or people who seem unhappy that this is a feature they are going to implement. First of all, I think it's important to look at context. Most major chat programs have had this feature for the entirety of my time on the internet. I was using ICQ (I Seek You, remember, ahah) in 1996 or 1997. I can't remember which, but my original number was seven digits. This is an invitation for all ICQ e-peeners to tell me that THEIR number was in fact only FIVE digits or less! (Vosskah does this every time ICQ is mentioned). Anyway, ICQ had an option with the little invisible flower face. You could see friends that were online and even message them, but you yourself appeared offline. Which was great, because there's always that one person who is going to message you as soon as they see you come online. You don't like them, you're fine with them, you just don't always want to talk. Or maybe you only want to talk to one specific person and you just want to check and see if they are online. Whatever your motivations, I think it's important to make this really clear:
You are never, ever entitled to demand someone's attention in this context. No one is obligated to talk to you. No one needs to sacrifice their privacy on the altar of constant availability. So that's the first thing. Invisible modes are awesome because they give us more choice, and we like more choice. If I want to pursue a solo activity, I can do that. That doesn't mean I'm avoiding the "MMO" nature of WoW. Let's say, for example, I want to go outside for a walk by myself. I may meet people on my walk. That's fine. The world has people in it, almost all of whom are not me. Likewise, I may sometimes want to play WoW in a way that isn't specifically group-oriented, such as farming herbs, exploring, or just doing whatever I want. A friend was telling me yesterday that people message him when he is in BGs. People message me when I am on my bank alt. I don't want to have to put up a status every single time: "THIS IS MY BANK ALT," because even that clue might not be enough for some. They don't necessarily understand that "bank alt" to me is synonymous with "I don't want to chat right now." Because banking is a solitary activity for me. It may not be one for you. So you can stay online with nary a care in the world! If you want to focus completely on what you're doing, you can do that.
Other people might argue, "Well obviously you have rude/inconsiderate/oblivious people on your list. Just take them off." No! It's not some angry, Real ID grudge match. I don't have anyone on my list I don't like or who isn't a friend. But just because I like you doesn't mean I always want to talk to you. If you're like me, it's really hard to say 'no' or hurt someone's feelings if they have missed already obvious signs. Perhaps this is just an introvert thing, but I like having a bit more control over this. What makes me laugh is the assertion that because this feature is introduced, no one will ever be online. I suppose I can eat my hat if this turns out to be true, but I'd be really, really surprised.
Most of us are playing an MMO because we do like people. We have friends on our Battle Net list because we like those people especially. Sometimes wanting to be incognito doesn't invalidate any of those things. I anticipate I'll use the invisible feature probably in the neighbourhood of 5% of the time. 5% of the time I am banking. Many of my solitary activities include being online and in-guild chatting anyway, so they aren't that solitary, and I'd be unlikely to use this feature for those times. If I want to make an alt on an RP server or "tour" to an RP server and enjoy that style of gameplay for awhile, I might be inclined to go invisible at those times. I'm a little bit shy about RP (also incredibly out of practice and have few friends who do it) so I don't know if I'd even do this but at least I will have the option to do so. There may also, I admit, be the odd time when I just plain don't want to talk to anyone and I might be off-line those times. If I feel that way, it's okay. If I have friends who are off-line sometimes (but actually online) I'm not going to take it personally. I think that someone who is always invisible is going to be the rare exception to those of us who want to be able to narrow and widen our availability and focus depending on the circumstance and our feelings and mood.
Kudos to Blizzard for hearing us on this one. Battle.Net is slowly shaping up to be the kind of service I enjoy using. Cross-realm grouping, Battle Tags (instead of real names), and now finally an Invisible mode! I may think that it should have started out closer to its current incarnations (screen names from day one, with an invisible option from day one) but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth here. When a company actually makes changes based on feedback it gets from customers, it makes me feel validated and listened to. It makes me happy. I won't use this feature all the time. But when I do, I will be thrilled that it exists!


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Right-wingers fall for bogus report that Saudis warned America in writing about elder Tsarnaev brother
Pat Cunningham
Charles Johnson has the STORY:
Every single right wing blogger on the Innernets is freaking out today. Yes, again.
Would you believe they're all falling for yet another unsourced story from UK tabloid The Daily Mail, claiming that Saudi Arabia sent a letter warning about the elder Tsarnaev brother in 2012? Universally falling for it, despite the fact that the Daily Fail's coverage of the Boston bombings has been absolutely horrible, and ridiculously full of falsehoods?
Well, of course they are! Because they see it as an opportunity to attack the Obama administration again, and they have no credibility ...


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Let the Impeachment Begin
You know, it was only about four months ago that people were being accused of being paranoid and crazy for suggesting that the Obama Administration had an "enemies list," and that the Administration was targeting journalists for harassment, using the IRS to abuse political opponents and employ powers under the various homeland security laws to track political opponents. Well, we now know that the first two happen to be true. As I noted last week, international media organizations have been tracking governmental efforts to silence the media, and now we know that the Administration sicced the IRS on Tea Party organizations. We're just waiting for the shoe to drop on internal surveillance, but I bet its coming. Add to this laundry list of Nixonian nightmares lying to Congress about Libya, abuse of power with military drones and the unlawful use of Air Force One for personal, political junkets, and I think we are getting a good of idea of what Congress will be dealing with for the short-term future. I guess what I'm trying to figure out, aside from the high crimes and misdemeanors, is why the Obama Administration has such poor judgment. Does this Administration think that targeting Tea Party organizations is a good way to restore bipartisanship in Washington? Or does it just prove that even the Obama Administration realizes that the Tea Party is the future, not Haley Barbour? What I'm waiting for is all of you Obama supporters to now defend the practice of using the IRS to target political enemies, so that the conversion to Nixon-heads can be complete.


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Maybe this should be filed under the category of Watch Out What You Wish For. But in the event, however utopian-sounding, that Global Zero is achieved and every state in possession of nuclear weapons agrees to destroy them, how would it be enforced? The Global Zero movement's own step-by-step plan drawn up in February 2010 refers only to an "agreed upon mechanism for resolving compliance disputes and, in the case of violations, enforcing compliance."
In his disturbing new book How the End Begins: The Road to a Nuclear World War III (Simon & Schuster), which we've been citing in a series of posts, Ron Rosenbaum asks:
. . . wouldn't the inspection regime require explosive weapons powerful enough to blow open sealed underground bunkers where prohibited nuclear mischief might be going on?
Answering his own question, he writes:
In fact, the inspection regime would somehow have to be the most powerful political entity on earth, perhaps relying on a monopoly of nuclear weapons itself, and thus deterrence, and we're back where we started.
In other words, Global Zero could provide us with the worst of both worlds: for conservatives, world government (new world order!). For Global Zero supporters: disarmament turned inside out, becoming instead a means by which the existence of nuclear weapons in perpetuity is guaranteed.


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… a collection or store of valuable or delightful things
No better words could be used to describe the National Library of Australia's Trove website. If you have read a few of my posts, you would know I'm a big Trove fan. A recent post by Jill Ball at her blog Geniaus, mentioned an initiative by Amy Houston which interested me. Amy on her blog Branches, Leaves, and Pollen, told how she too is a fan of Trove and invited Australian bloggers to join her on Tuesdays each week to blog about the treasures we have found at Trove.
I have many Trove treasures and a lot of my blog posts are about those. At first, I thought I would not take part merely because I didn't think I could choose just one a week. Where would I start? That is much like asking me to name my favourite book or film of all time. I just can't do it. But, as Amy suggests the treasure doesn't always have to be about a family member it could be anything of interest.
I can do that. How often have you found a newspaper article about a family member, only to find the article, above, below, or beside just as interesting? I'm into advertisements too and I always read them. There are some absolute gems, so expect to see some of those on Tuesdays.
Due to time constraints this week, I thought I would begin with a recap of some of my posts that highlight the benefits of Trove to family historians, particularly the digitised newspapers. Without the newspapers, there is much that I wouldn't know about my ancestors. Even hours of record searching couldn't unearth what I have found.
In fact, the papers lead me to the records. Whether it is records from courts or cemeteries, sporting clubs or churches, Trove has led me there. Not only is it a time-saver, many of the leads I have found come from places I would never have thought of searching.
These are some of my treasures to date:
Witness for the Prosecution – The story of three of my relatives who were witnesses in murder trials. I believe two of those stories, that of my ggg grandmother Margaret Diwell and my grandfather Percy Riddiford, would have remained hidden if it wasn't for Trove.
Alfred Winslow Harman – Stepping out of the Shadows – I knew little about Alfred Harman before I starting an intensive search for him in the Trove digitized newspapers. Now I know so much more.
Nina's Royal Inspiration – The story of Nina Harman and her carpet really is delightful. As Nina is not a close family member, I possibly would not have known this story without finding her direct descendants. Instead, I found it in a Women's Weekly at Trove!
To Catch a Thief – Ordinarily, to find Jim Bishop's brush with the law, I would have had to search the Branxholme Court Registers held at PROV's Ballarat Archives Centre. Not too hard, but with so many people to research and so many towns on the Victorian court circuit, it may have been a long time before I found it. Thanks to an article in the Border Watch, that time in Jim's life is now known to me.
All Quiet By the Wannon – The Mortimer family of Cavendish kept to themselves. Articles I found at Trove finally gave my ggg James Mortimer a voice.
Mr Mortimer's Daughters – Another Mortimer puzzle solved thanks to Trove. From Henry Mortimer's death notice in the Portland Guardian, I was able to establish the married name of one daughter and the second marriage of another daughter.
There is a list of Western Victorian newspapers available at Trove on my Links page.
Don't forget there are other great treasures that can be found while searching at Trove. Look beyond the newspaper matches as you never know what might come up in the other categories. I have found photos of family members and some great early photos of Western Victorian towns while searching. Trove is also great for tracking down books.
I will try to post something each Tuesday. Thank you to Amy for the idea and I hope other Australian geneabloggers get involved too.
Show us your treasure and celebrate Trove!


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doors @ 6:30pm;
show @ 7:30pm - 10pm.
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Standing Room: $20;
Balcony Seating: $25;
Floor Seating: $25;
Bench Seating: $35;
Ultimate Rush Seating: $50.
Two shows each night!
First Fridays through July!
Tickets and Seating Information:
Ultimate Rush Seating
is the first three rows of chairs, and includes a t-shirt, a poncho, and a meatball sandwich! You will get wet!
Floor Seating
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Bench Seating
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Balcony Seating
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Table Service
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Standing Room
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Point Break Live!
returns to San Francisco for a limited engagement!
SF Weekly
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Point Break Live!
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calls it "the most dead-on dose of hilarity to ever be on stage!"
Honored with a
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The show features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, no less than two extended skydiving sequences and an indoor monsoon.
But the best part?
That's right -- at each performance the lead role (Johnny Utah) is played by an unrehearsed volunteer chosen directly from the crowd and voted for by the rest of the audience. One of the many reason that Variety raved it as "Hilarious!" Righteous BRAH!
Point Break Live!
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"Utah! Get me two!"
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In our never ending quest to bring you easy to make, succulent recipes we scour the web, and consult countless cookbooks in order to find the hidden and not so hidden pearls. Following is a recipe we adapted from 1 Ground Beef, 100 Recipes by Linda Doeser:
Beef with Scrambled Eggs
Serves 6
- 6 tablespoons margarine
- 1 onion, sliced
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1 pound 2 ounces ground beef
- 2 tomatoes peeled and sliced
- 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar (OR you can make your own vegetarian Worcestershire sauce)**
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, plus extra to garnish
- salt and pepper to taste
- toast with margarine to serve
- Melt the margarine in a large pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally for 5 minute, until softened. Add the ground beef, increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring frequently and breaking it up with a wooden spoon, for 8 to 10 minutes, until evenly browned.
- Add the tomatoes and bell peppers, reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally for 15 minute, until the meat and vegetables are tender. Stir in the Balsamic vinegar or the vegetarian Worcestershire sauce and parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Lightly beat the eggs in a bowl and season to taste with salt and peppe. Add the eggs to the pan and coo, stirring for a few minutes until lightly scrambled.
- Garnish with parsley and serve with immediately with toast.
**Vegetarian Worcestershire Sauce
(Source: "20 Minutes to Dinner: Quick, Low-Fat, Low-Calorie Meals," by Bryanna Clark)
Yield: about 2 cups
- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1/3 cup dark molasses
- 1/4 cup soy sauce OR mushroom soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried mustard powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic granules
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves OR allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
Combine all ingredients in a blender. Pour into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Store in refrigerator.
I made it earlier in the week and will make it again this coming Sunday, be'ezrat Hashem (it was that good). So… enjoy, gentle reader, enjoy!


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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Situationism
Posted by J on January 15, 2011
This post was originally published on January 22, 2007.
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Monday's holiday provides an apt occasion to highlight the fact that, at least by my reckoning, Martin Luther King, Jr. was, among other things, a situationist.
To be sure, King is most revered in some circles for quotations that are easily construed as dispositionist, such as: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Taken alone, as it often is, that sentence seems to set a low bar. Indeed, some Americans contend that we've arrived at that promised land; after all, most of us (mostly incorrectly) imagine ourselves to be judging people based solely on their dispositions, choices, personalities, or, in short, their characters.
Putting King's quotation in context, however, it becomes clear that his was largely a situationist message. He was encouraging us all to recognize the subtle and not-so-subtle situational forces that caused inequalities and to question (what John Jost calls) system-justifying ideologies that helped maintain those inequalities.
King's amazing "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is illustrative. While being held for nine days, King penned a letter in response to the public statement of eight prominent Alabama clergymen who denounced the Birmingham civil rights demonstrations. The prominent clergymen called King an "extremist" and an "outsider," and "appeal[ed] to both our white and Negro citizenry to observe the principles of law and order and common sense."
Regarding his "outsider" status, King insisted that the us-and-them categories were flawed, and that any meaningful distinction that might exist among groups was that between persons who perpetrated or countenanced injustice, on one hand, and those who resisted it, on the other:
"I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. . . ."
"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
In describing the injustice itself, King sought to remove the focus from individual behavor and choice to the situational forces and absence of meaningful choice that helped to shape that behavior:
"You deplore the demonstrations taking place In Birmingham. But your statement, I am sorry to say, fails to express a similar concern for the conditions that brought about the demonstrations. I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes. It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative."
In terms of his methods, too, Dr. King was a situationist. He understood that negotiating outcomes reflected the circumstances much more than the the disposition, of negotiators. The aim of demonstrations was to create a situation in which questions otherwise unasked were brought to the fore, in which injustice otherwise unnoticed was made salient, and in which the weak bargaining positions of the otherwise powerless were collectivized and strengthened:
"Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. . . . Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood. The purpose of our direct-action program is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation."
In the letter, King expressed his frustation, not just with the egregious racists, but also — no, moreso — with the moderates who were willing to sacrifice real justice for the sake of maintaining the illusion of justice. King put it this way:
"I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: 'I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action' . . . ."
And King recognized the role that laws could play in maintaining an unjust status quo. Of course, he criticized the laws that literally enforced segregation, but he didn't stop there. He criticized, too, the seemingly neutral laws, and the purportedly principled methods of interpreting and applying those laws, that could serve as legitimating cover for existing disparities:
"Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. For instance, I have been arrested on a charge of parading without a permit. Now, there is nothing wrong in having an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade. But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest."
King explained that many churches, too, were implicated in this web of justification — caught up as they were in making sense of, or lessening the sting of, existing arrangements:
"So often the contemporary church is a weak, ineffectual voice with an uncertain sound. So often it is an archdefender of the status quo. Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's silent and often even vocal sanction of things as they are."
So, yes, Reverend King urged us all to help create a world in which people were "not . . . judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." But King said much more. He recognized and tried to teach those who would listen that getting to that world would mean examining and challenging the situation — including our beliefs, our laws, our ideologies, our religious beliefs, our institutions, and existing allocations of opportunity, wealth, and power.
Judging those who are disadvantaged by the content of their character is not, taken alone, much of a solution. It may, in fact, be part of the problem. As Kathleen Hanson (my wife) and I recently argued, the problem "is, not in neglecting character, but in attributing to 'character' what should be attributed to [a person's] situation and, in turn, to our system and ourselves." Or, as Martin Luther King, Jr. put it, far more effectively: "True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring."
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For a sample of related Situationist posts, see
- "Larry Lessig's Situationism,"
- "Al Gore – The Situationist."
- "Why Race May Influence Us Even When We "Know" It Doesn't,"
- "Black History is Now,"
- "Jennifer Eberhardt's "Policing Racial Bias" – Video,"
- "What does an Obama victory mean?,"
- "The Situation of the Obama Presidency and Race Perceptions,"
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Study shows difference between conservatives and liberals in how they deal with moral issues
Pat Cunningham
HERE's food for thought:
When it comes to topics like abortion or assisted suicide, there seems to be no common ground between conservatives and liberals. Why is there such a noticeable rift between the two political orientations?
Research published June in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that religious individuals and political conservatives think about moral issues in a fundamentally different way than liberals.
The study by Jared Piazza of the University of Pennsylvania and Paulo Sousa of Queen's University Belfast, which included a total of 688 participants, found religious individuals and political conservatives consistently invoked deontological ethics. In ...


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Hancock – Movie Review
If Hancock had been a Bollywood movie the critics would have trashed it and given it one star. Maybe I am exaggerating, because the technical finesse in Hancock was evident and if present in a Bollywood movie, critics might have gasped. But the movie has to have something more. Some good action perhaps? After all this movie is supposed to an "Action" movie!
What's it about? (no spoilers)
The idea itself is a wonderful one – about a superhero (Hancock, played by Will Smith) who has personality problems. It's an idea that could have been taken to great heights but this was a case where the idea ended here. The only heights that it went to was showing Hancock take off like a rocket into the sky.
Yet, the beginning is alright, although we have to turn a blind eye to Will Smith's continuous pouting (which we are supposed to believe is the demeanour of a disgruntled soul). Charlize Theron plays the female lead and after seeing her expressions when she meets Hancock, we think the movie is going somewhere.
Unfortunately, the story unfolds into a silly tale which a five year old could have imagined better. The story reminded me of C grade movie where events happen in quick succession without the director taking the trouble to build up to it. I usually don't like flashbacks, but this was a movie where a flashback was sorely needed as we have to imagine what happened through a few sentences thrown our way by one of the protagonists. The story also reminded me of a convoluted television soap where the director who has started off with a grand idea has no idea what to do next.
If a Hindi movie had had a story like this our critics would have torn it apart. But the Times of India has given the movie three and a half stars! That confused me.
In its home market, America, the critics have rated it below average although the movie opened well for two reasons. Because it released on the 4th of July, a holiday weekend, and second, because of Will Smith's star presence. It might interest you to know that "every Will Smith movie has been a hit or smash, earning at least $100 million in North America and another $100 million or more abroad. Sometimes lots more."
Will Smith is a star that directors consider "bankable" and that is something that we in India our familiar with as our Bollywood directors often use the same tactic – bankable stars and a bankrupt storyline.
If I had to draw any sort of conclusion about the movie I would say it's time pass, if at all. The special effects are kind of cute and Smith is kind of cute too. But forget trying to make any sense of the movie!
(p.s. I wasn't going to post today (even though I saw the movie last night) but then I thought I would write a quick review as I guess a review needs to be done on the week-end it is released)
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De Taali – Review
Sarkar Raj – Review
The Dark Knight – Review
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Ravi permalinkJuly 13, 2008 6:31 pm
I regret for losing one and half hour of valuable time in my life.
ulag permalinkJuly 15, 2008 7:08 pm
This movie was indeed disappointing. The first half was good and was as promising as the trailers made it out to be. Unfortunately the second half was banal. The movie itself is short ( 90 mins) and to top that it loses fizz after the first half. It follows the pattern of Will Smiths previous venture "I am Legend", where the concept is exciting, but the story isn't built up as well as it could have been. But surprisingly both movies received good box office openings.
Next looking forward to Kung Fu Panda. It looks promising with some stunning visuals and a simple storyline supported by a wide variety of stars( Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Angelina Jolie) using their vocal talents.
July 16, 2008 1:48 am
Thanks for the review.
Not watching it. BTW, Rediff dissed it, too: 2 stars and a bad review. Overall bad reviews.
Will Smith — I think he's cute 😉 and he does have a couple of brilliant performances to his credit– is like our Akshay Kumar: bad movies but superhits 🙂
Well, looks like Rediff had some sense. Yes overall globally there have been bad reviews but in India two major newspapers gave it a decent review. I have no idea why! And Will Smith compared to Akshaye! Good comparison! – Nita.


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Business update: McDonald's hit by lawsuits over worker pay
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — McDonald's workers in three states filed lawsuits against the fast-food chain this week, saying the company engages in a variety of illegal practices to avoid paying them what they're owed.
The suits in California, Michigan and New York come amid growing attention on the country's wealth disparities. While the type of violations outlined in the suits aren't specific to McDonald's, lawyers said they targeted the company because it's an industry leader.
The announcement of the suits came on the same day that President Obama directed the Labor Department to devise rules that would expand the number of workers eligible for overtime pay. The White House, Democratic lawmakers and labor organizers have also been pushing to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, which translates to roughly $21,000 a year for full-time work. The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, or $15,000 a year.
McDonald's, based in Oak Brook, Ill., said in a statement that it is investigating the allegations and will take any necessary actions.
"McDonald's and our independent owner-operators share a concern and commitment to the well-being and fair treatment of all people who work in McDonald's restaurants," the company said.
The lawsuits detail a range of violations, including the use of company software that monitors the ratio of labor costs as a percentage of revenue. When that ratio climbs above a target, attorneys in Michigan said workers were forced to wait around before they could clock in. Workers in the state also were forced to pay for their own uniforms, which lawyers said reduced their already low wages.
In California, the violations cited included altered pay records and the denial of rest breaks. In New York, lawyers said McDonald's failed to reimburse workers for the cleaning of their uniforms in violation of state law.
Jason Hughes, one of the McDonald's workers named in the suits, said during the conference call with reporters that he wouldn't be allowed to take breaks when the California store he worked in was understaffed.
"I thought a well-known company like McDonald's would treat me fairly," he said in his prepared statement, noting that he wouldn't answer questions from reporters on the advice of his lawyer.
The lawsuits target both franchise- and company-owned restaurants. McDonald's Corp. is named in all the suits, along with franchisees in some, because lawyers say the company exerts control over staffing at all its locations.
"There are a number of ways the two seem to work together," said Joseph Sellers, one of the attorneys representing workers.
The vast majority of the more than 14,000 McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. are owned by franchisees.
The workers named in the suits were referred to attorneys by the organizers of the recent fast-food protests that called for pay of $15 an hour. The Service Employees International Union has been providing financial and organizational support to that campaign, which has gained national media attention over the past year or so.
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